Written By: MIM!—Channelling ancient Persia, Heni's Fall/Winter collection revels in long gone glories. Almost everything in the collection was made from silk, satin, chiffon, velvet, wool and leather.
Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | Funduzi By Craig Jacobs
Written By: MIM!—Craig Jacob's Fall/Winger collection, titled "Urban Africa" was inspired by the diverse urban living styles in Africa.
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Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | Abigail Keats
Written By: MIM!—Known for her signature tailoring and fitted silhouette, Abigail Keats' Fall/Winter collection was true to form with classic black and white pieces.
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Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | Doreen Southwood
Written By: MIM!—"Alice in Wonderland in her thirties" was the inspiration forDoreen Southwood's Fall/Winter collection. The themes of innocence and reality were juxtaposed in pieces such as two tone dress shirts worn under tiered dresses trimmed with sateen.
Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | August
Written By: MIM!—Showcasing everything from lightweight, cotton voile kaftan dresses to oversized men's style shirts, August's Fall/Winter collection was both interesting and wearable.
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Weekend Inspiration: Swahili Chic (The Feng Shui Of Africa)
Written By: MIM!—Bibi Jordan is an avid traveler, entrepreneur, author, and photographer. Her first book, Safari Chic (published in 2007), is a 288-page book filled with beautiful photography introducing Swahili shule—the Swahili school of design, architecture, and graceful living that instills a sense of simplicity, sensuality, and spirituality to any interior. Travel from the coral atoll islands of East Africa to the warm trade winds of the Indian Ocean and discover the land where African kings, Arabian sultans, Chinese sailors, American whalers, and French pirates met to trade jewels, spices, and colorful fabrics in Safari Chic.
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Just looking at these photographs from Bibi's book has us inspired to take up house near the Indian Ocean ... Zanzibar anyone? For now, we'll clean house and add some Afri-chic touches. Learn more about Swahili Chic by visiting bibijordan.com/swahilichic
(Photo Credits: Bibi Jordan)
Dance, Dance, Dance To Mory Kante's Yeke Yeke
Written By: MIM!—After a fun week looking at the fashion forecast from Joburg Fashion Week (there's still more to show), we are in a dancing mood this Friday, and to motivate us to actually get onto the dance floor this weekend, we've got Mory Kante's Yeke Yeke on heavy rotation. This high energy song has several remixes which were created for the club scene, including a "Hardfloor," "Trance Techno," "Club" and "Afro-Acid" remix; but we're still partial to the original as we don't need sped up electronic beats to enjoy this classic dance song. Follow this link to play the song on Lala.com. Listen to more Mory Kante songs at www.morykante.com.MIMI Related Links: Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)
(Photo Credits: CD Cover Art)
Joburg Fashion Week | Red Carpet (Day 4): South African Style
Written By: MIM!—Day 4 of Joburg Fashion Week was the last day of the glamorous fashion affair, and the red carpet finale did not disappoint. Here are our picks for the most stylish red carpet fashion looks.
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{ black and white has never looked so good together }
{ simply fabulous }
Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | New Generation Designers
Written By: MIM!—We've always been big supporters of the New Generation Designers show because it gives young designers their first platform at a national fashion week, and, by virtue of showcasing young designers, the clothes are usually the most fashion forward. This year's New Generation Designers show included pieces from: (1) Mis.s.a (who used a black and white palette, with muted purple-grey as the third color; gold, silver, and reddish brown appeared occasionally in some of the collection); (2) Forever Me by Llana (whose signature hand drawn flowers appeared on some pieces of her country-inspired collection); and (3) Nooi (who presented a collection evocative of Amish modesty and old school uniforms using black and white with shades of beige and cream as base colors).
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Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | Vesselina Pencheva
Written By: MIM!—Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 saw the re-lauch of Vesselina Pencheva's eponymous label. The fifties was the inspiration for Vesselina's luxe Winter collection.
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Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | Leigh Schubert
Written By: MIM!—Leigh Schubert's Joburg Fashion Week Winter collection stayed true to the designer's light aesthetic.
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Joburg Fashion Week | Red Carpet (Day 3): South African Style
Written By: MIM!—Day 3 of Joburg Fashion Week brought out some very stylish pairings. Here are our picks for the most stylish red carpet looks.
{ fashionably coordinated }
{ a megawatt smile is a great accessory }
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Congratulations To Somi On Her Hit Album, If The Rains Come First
Written By: Nani Hapa—Somi's new album If The Rains Come First has debuted on the Billboard charts! The album debuted in the #2 slot on the Billboard World Music chart and the #21 Billboard Heatseeker Albums earlier this month.
The good news should come as no surprise to those of us who've had the good fortune of listening to If The Rains Come First; it is a sweet, beautiful, uplifting, album. I especially like the fact that Somi weaves in lyrics sung in three different East African languages into her primarily English sung songs. Somi captures her sound perfectly with the label "new African soul."
If you haven't heard it yet, take the time to visit www.somimusic.com to hear the album, and for a limited time, if you order If The Rains Come First from Somi's label, www.ObliqSound.com, you get 20% off your purchase price, use coupon code SOMI2010 in your shopping cart.
(Photo Credits: Matthew Furman)
Snapshots: Liberian Girl
Written By: Jamelia Mmari—One of the first articles I remember reading, and re-reading in MIMI, was Snapshots: Angola Carnival 2oo6 by photographer José Silva Pinto. I have always longed to see more representations of day-to-day life on the continent in the magazine, and with the revival of the Snapshots column on the blog, I am hoping to do just that. This photograph of a Liberian girl captures doe-eyed youth so perfectly, I was compelled to chose it for my first Snapshots blog entry.
If you are have photographs of African day-to-day life, and would like to publish them in MIMI, you can write to mimimagazineonline[at]gmail.com.
Joburg Fashion Week | Red Carpet (Day 2): South African Style
Written By: MIM!—Day 2 of Joburg Fashion Week's red carpet fashion's did not disappoint. Here are our picks for the most stylish!
{ it was love at first sight with this stylista }
Nneka's The Uncomfortable Truth Is The *Free* iTunes Single Of The Week
Written By: MIM!—Coinciding with the US release of her new album, Concrete Jungle, Nneka's single The Uncomfortable Truth is the free single of the week on iTunes (US). Nice!(Photo Credits: CD Art Work)
Mr.Start at Start
For more information on Mr Start's boutique go to:http://www.start-london.com/ and also Becky Davis' report at:
http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/blog/
On Trend: Get Ghana Glamorous With Fan Bags And Slim Clutches
Written By: Nani Hapa—Typically made from colorful Ghanaian straw material, and adorned with rhinestones or flowers, "fan bags" (named for their shape like a hand held fan) and "slim clutches" are all the rage in Ghana at the moment. Aya Morrison and KUA are some of the Ghanaian designers that we have already featured on the blog and the magazine, who design bags in these styles, and the list of on trend designers is growing with the recent introduction of the label Diva Delicious. The glam squad behind Diva Delicious design fan bags as well as slim clutches, and are creating their own unique mark on the trend by designing straw bags in interesting shapes (like this pink clutch which juxtaposes an angular shape against feminine details).
Diva Delicious is already stocked in Ghana at the Renee Q boutique, but for those of us outside of Ghana, for now, we'll have to keep up with the label on FaceBook until the official website is published (Diva Delicious tells MIMI that an official website is "under construction").
(Photo Credits: Seton Nicholas)
Angelique Kidjo Pushes Back US Release Date
Written By: MIM!—Looks like Angelique Kidjo's US fans who were expecting to hear her new album, OYO, on February 9th are going to have to wait just a little bit longer to hear her CD. According to Amazon.com, OYO's US release date has been moved to March 29th.(Photo Credits: Alexei Hay)
Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | Wild Fig
Written By: MIM!—Wild Fig is a label that aims to make "women feel feminine and beautiful." We think they hit the mark with their Joburg Fashion Week collection.
Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 | Carducci Women
Written By: MIM!—Our coverage of Audi Joburg Fashion Week 2010 continues with the Carducci Women's collection.
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Joburg Fashion Week | Red Carpet (Day 1): South African Style
Written By: MIM!—Some of the best dressed people we've seen at Joburg Fashion Week are not the models walking the runways, but the attendees, who highlighted the best of South African style on the Joburg Fashion Week red carpet. Here are our picks for the best dressed men and women from Day 1 (we'll have Day 2 and Day 3 highlights later on this week).
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{ red lipstick adds a *pop* of glamour }
{ a unique take on the hottest fashion trends }
We ♥ Bernos Tees
Written By: MIM!—Start with "two guys a girl and a t-shirt idea" and with creative vision and drive, you end up with Bernos, an online t-shirt company. "[I]t all started, over a conversation about how there aren’t any t-shirts that highlight the rich culture that comes from Africa. All of us originating from Africa, but growing up in Europe and North America, found a gap not reached by other designers. Being lovers of tees, we wanted to design t-shirts that expressed our historical and cultural landmark, while breaching the gap between our origin and what we currently call home." We ♥ the Addis Ababa tee, for its artistic Ethiopian take on the Coca Cola logo, a logo which all of us, no matter where we grew up are sure to recognize.Learn more about Bernos tees by visiting www.bernos.org, and while you're there, take a look at their active blog, which serves as an online Ethiopian community.
(Photo Credits: Bernos)
Running With The Fash Pack....London Fashion Week SS 2010
Gorgeous Model Trish Goff in two different looks at LFW. Love that she is working the same bag and gold cuff in both looks.
Running With The Fash Pack....Paris Fashion Week SS 2010
Being Australia Day (waves to any Aussie readers out there!), I couldn't resist including two Aussies that I photographed in Paris outside the Collette Dinnigan show in Paris last season.This girl, whose name I have completely forgotten (which I feel super bad about as I wanted to tell you about her label) lives in NYC and has a fashion label with her partner. They gave me a lookbook and I seem to have permanently misplaced it (think it was when I was clearing out my handbag in preparation for my visit to the US) :( But, anyway, she was wearing pieces from her label!
p.s. having a hot Milo and a couple of Tim Tams tonight after supper as my Australia Day Treat! Hmmm okay, so maybe more than just a couple of Tim Tams- crikey they are hard to stop at just one!
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